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@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ package. See the
.\" HREF
\fBpcreapi\fP
.\"
-documentation for a description of PCRE's native API, which contains additional
-functionality.
+documentation for a description of PCRE's native API, which contains much
+additional functionality.
.P
The functions described here are just wrapper functions that ultimately call
the PCRE native API. Their prototypes are defined in the \fBpcreposix.h\fP
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ about the compiled expression.
The argument \fIcflags\fP is either zero, or contains one or more of the bits
defined by the following macros:
.sp
+ REG_DOTALL
+.sp
+The PCRE_DOTALL option is set when the expression is passed for compilation to
+the native function. Note that REG_DOTALL is not part of the POSIX standard.
+.sp
REG_ICASE
.sp
The PCRE_CASELESS option is set when the expression is passed for compilation
@@ -189,13 +194,13 @@ memory, after which \fIpreg\fP may no longer be used as a compiled expression.
.SH AUTHOR
.rs
.sp
-Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>
+Philip Hazel
.br
University Computing Service,
.br
Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
.P
.in 0
-Last updated: 07 September 2004
+Last updated: 28 February 2005
.br
-Copyright (c) 1997-2004 University of Cambridge.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2005 University of Cambridge.